LOUIS ARMSTRONG - WHEN YOU'RE SMILING

WHEN YOU'RE SMILING

LOUIS ARMSTRONG

SONGWRITERSS: Joe Goodwin; Larry Shay & Mark Fisher

COUNTRY: U.S.A./GERMANY

ALBUM: SWINGS/LP

LABEL: BRUNSWICK

GENRE: JAZZ

YEAR: 1958

"When You're Smiling" (君微笑めば Kimi hohoemeba) is a popular song by Larry Shay, Mark Fisher, and Joe Goodwin (June 6, 1889 - July 31, 1943), and made famous by Louis Armstrong, who recorded it at least three times, in 1929, 1932, and 1956. Duke Ellington also recorded it several times earlier in his career.

Many other recordings exist, for example those by Billie Holiday with Lester Young and Teddy Wilson in 1938, Studies in Swing No.3, Louis Prima, Frank Sinatra, Julia Lee, Nat King Cole, Erroll Garner, and Patti Page. Cliff Bruner brought it to the country charts in 1939. It was adopted by Leicester City F.C. as the club anthem, and can be heard at many of the team's games. In 1961, Judy Garland performed the song at the Judy at Carnegie Hall concert. Andy Williams released a version on his 1963 album, Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests. Dean Martin also sang it, sometimes parodying it as "When You're Drinkin'". Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra, with Billie Holiday, recorded this classic on January 6, 1938, in New York City for Brunswick/Columbia, with Teddy Wilson on piano, Benny Morton on trombone, Buck Clayton on trumpet, Lester Young on tenor sax, Freddie Green on guitar, Walter Page on bass and Jo Jones on drums.

When you're smilin' keep on smilin'

The whole world smiles with you

And when you're laughin', oh, when youre laughin'

The sun comes shinin' Through

But when you're cryin' you bring on the rain

So stop your sighin 'be happy again

Keep on smilin cause when you're smilin'

The whole world smiles with you

Oh, when you're smilin' keep on smilin'

The whole world smiles with you

Ah when you're laughin' keep on laughin'

The sun comes shinin' through

Now when you're cryin' you bring on the rain

So stop that sighin' be happy again

Keep on smilin cause when you're smilin'

And the whole world smiles with you

The great big world will smile with

The whole wide world will smile with you